The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (50 page)
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Adhy
sa
sa(Skt.). In philosophical Hinduism, superimposing reality on what is not real. It is false attribution, as when a rope is mistaken for a snake.
Adhy
tma
tma(Skt., ‘that which pertains to the
tman
’).
1
In Hinduism the inner self or soul of the individual; but because of the relation of
tman to
Brahm
n
, it is also the supreme self, or (theistically conceived) the deity.
2
In Jainism, the inner self, which
Ban
rs
d
s
discovered could be cultivated to the realization of supreme truth. It is the name of a movement devoted to that end.
tman’).
1
In Hinduism the inner self or soul of the individual; but because of the relation of
tman toBrahm
n, it is also the supreme self, or (theistically conceived) the deity.
2
In Jainism, the inner self, which
Ban
rsdsdiscovered could be cultivated to the realization of supreme truth. It is the name of a movement devoted to that end.
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